Bread

Well I got my cool mixer the other day. I have not been feeling good and so I have not been able to use it until today. Now that I have a great mixer I can make bread. The hand mixer was not so great with making bread so I had to wait. This bread can be made into rolls. I made them into two loafs of bread because with my two girls gone this is a better way for us to eat it then to have a huge pan of rolls. Here is what it looks like in a couple of steps.

6 c. flour (you may need to add another cup if it is really sticky or runny)

1 tsp salt

1/2 c. sugar

2 packets or 2 tbls. yeast

2 c. milk or buttermilk

4 tsp baking soda

1/2 c. shortening

1 c. warm water

1/2 c. honey

This is what it looks like with all the dry ingredients. Put the water in a bowl before you add the dry ingredients and add the yeast to that. Let it sit till you are done adding all the ingredients.
After everything is mixed you need to let it sit in the bowl to rise for about 45 min. It will look like this in the bowl. It is going to be a little bit sticky and that is ok.

What I do is cut the dough in half and then roll it out. It helps get all the air out of the dough. I roll it up like a cinnamon roll and then put it in the pan.
Let it rise for about 30 min or till your desired height. I like to just have it sit for 30 to 45 min. Preheat your oven to 350 and cook it for 25 min. It will be brown on the top of the bread.

Let it sit in the pan for about 10 min to cool.

If you don't want your bread to be so sweet you can fix that by not adding the honey to the dough. My family likes the bread kinda sweet so I add honey to my bread.